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Impending closure of Oak Terrace nursing home causes anxiety
A Springfield nursing home has told state regulators it plans to close on Sept. 30, but the short notice has confused re…
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Event tries to steer students to STEM activities
ROCHESTER - As state and federal officials try to boost student interest in STEM-related fields, a grassroots effort in …
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Former Riverton residents become Texas flood victims for 2nd time
When former Riverton residents Ricky and Janice Davis moved into their new home in Orange, Texas, a few weeks before Chr…
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Bernard Schoenburg: Pritzker called Schaive about 'deplorable' IDOT firing
Controversy over past Illinois Department of Transportation hiring - and some dismissals made by Gov. BRUCE RAUNER's adm…
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Todd M. Adams: I'd hate to play Cyclones this week
I'd hate to be Normal U-High on Friday.That's been a common refrain around town since last week, when Sacred Heart-Griff…
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Rauner releases statewide plan to address opioid epidemic
With the goal of reducing overdose-related deaths by one-third in three years, Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration on Wed…
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Man facing charges after woman killed in Waverly
WAVERLY - A 33-year-old man suspected of stabbing a woman to death inside her home in Waverly Tuesday night was arrested…
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Springfield shooting range damaged by fire
Investigators with the Springfield fire and police departments were called to the Springfield Shooting Center on Wednesd…
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2006 Pritzker donation to Blagojevich raises questions
CHICAGO - A 2006 donation from Illinois gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker to ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich's re-election i…
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CS8 football notebook: 'Upper-echelon' victory over SHG an important step for MacArthur
DECATUR - Decatur MacArthur High School's Week 1 53-0 win over cross-town rival Eisenhower was seen by many as a stateme…
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Springfield aldermen approve tax incentives for proposed power plant
A deal to provide tax incentives for a Houston-based company to build a $1 billion natural gas power plant near Pawnee g…
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Fewer WWII veterans on local Honor Flights
The program has served almost all those applicants, whose numbers are declining.
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Illinois State Fair attendance up 15.5 percent from rain-soaked 2016
The Illinois State Fair had a much better -- and drier -- year in 2017.According to preliminary estimates released Tuesd…
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Illinois leaders react to Trump rescinding DACA
President Donald Trump's administration will "wind down" a program protecting hundreds of thousands of young immigrants.…
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Some in GOP upset with Rauner over immigration bill
Gov. Bruce Rauner's decision to sign a bill that will limit how local and state police can cooperate with federal immigr…
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